Kathmandu, Aug. 22 -- As the festival season advances, vegetable prices are shooting up with prices going as high as 233.33 percent in a month's time. Traders said that increasing demand for vegetables ahead of Teej with the supply side remaining normal pushed up the prices.

According to the Kalimati Fruits and Vegetable Market Development Board, the wholesale prices of vegetables like tomato, potato, onion, carrot, cabbage, cauliflower, raddish, eggplant, cow pea, French bean, sword bean, bitter gourd, bottle gourd, pointed gourd, snake gourd, smooth gourd, sponge gourd, squash (long), squash (round), turnip, okra, mushroom, ginger and green chilli have gone upward.

"The demand for vegetables has increased in recent weeks due to the Te...